D. Michael Hurst Jr.

David Michael "Mike" Hurst Jr. was US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi from 10 October 2017, succeeding Gregory K. Davis.

Biography
David Michael Hurst Jr. was born in Hickory, Mississippi, and he worked as general counsel for the Mississippi Center for Public Policy before launching a failed 2015 bid for Attorney General of Mississippi. In 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Hurst the US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, and, on 7 August 2019, he oversaw immigration raids in 6 Mississippi cities which led to the arrest of 680 people.